Carousel.



PATENTED JULY 28, 1908. A. KOLSKY. Y

No. 894,386.I

GAROUSEL. APPLICATION FILED AUG. 2. 1907.

2 SHEETS-SHEET 1.

No. 894,386. PATENTED'JULY 28, 1908.

A. KOLSKY.

CAROUSBL. APPLICATION FILED AUG. z. 1907.

2 SHEETS-SHEET 2.

[Ime/wr AMM/gy ANTHONY KOLSKY, OF KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI.

CAROU'SEL.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 28, 1908.

Application filed August 2, 1907. Serial No. 386,823.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ANTHONY KoLsKY, a citizen of the United States,residing at Kansas Oity, in the county of Jackson and State of Missouri,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Carousels, of whichthe following is a specification.

This invention relates to carousels and more especially to that type tobe propelled by one or more of ,the occupants, and my object is toproduce a device of this character having a beam equipped at its endswith cars or supports and means to support the beam centrally and causeit to impart circular and undulating` movement to the cars or supports.

With this general object in vview this invention consists in certainnovel and peculiar features of construction and organization ashereinafter described and claimed; and in order that it may be fullyunderstood reference is to be had to the accompanying1 drawings, inwhich Figure 1, is a side elevation of a machine embodying my invention.Fig. 2, is a top view of the same. Fig. 3, is a section on the lineIII-III of Fig. 2, but on a larger scale. Fig. 4, is an enlarged centralvertical section taken on the line IV-IV of Fig. 2. Fig. 5, is a sectiontaken on the line V-V of Fig. 4. Fig. 6, is a section on the line VI-VIof Fig.` 7. Fig. 7, is a section on the line VII-VII of Fig. 6. Fig. 8,is a detail perspective view of part of the beam forming part of themachine.

In the said drawings, 1 indicates a suitable base adapted to be securedfirmly upon the ground or other support and 2 is a hollow tower securedreliably upon the base and provided with a reduced upper end 3 to forman annular shoulder 4.

5 is a hollow head journaled upon the upper end of the tower andinternally enlarged as at 6 to receive the upper end of the towerincluding its reduced portion, balls 7 being arranged between the top ofthe body portion of the tower and the hollow head to permit the latterto revolve with a minimum of friction. The head is provided withvertical slots 8 at diametrically opposite points, and with a removablecap 9 provided with depending ears 10, and vertically below said ears isa stationary gear-wheel 11 disposed atan angle and rest-ing upon thereduced portion 3 of the tower and provided with a stem 12 dependingthrough the top of the tower, a nut 13 engaging the lower threaded endof said stem to clamp the oblique gearwheel rigidly in place, a washer14 being preferably interposed between the nut and the top of the tower.

15 indicates a beam extending through the slots 8 of the head andconsisting of alined tubular portions 16 having their inner endscontiguous to opposite sides of gear-wheel 11 and closed at such ends asat 17.

18 indicates parallel side portions connecting the innerends of portions16 and concaved at their lower sides as at 19 so as to clear gear-wheel11, and provided at diametrically opposite points in a planeintersecting the axis of portions 16 with bearing holes 20, the innerends of the portions 16 being furthermore braced by the bridge portion21 overhanging the space between the side portions 18.

22 is a transverse pivot-bolt extending through holes 20 and through thedepending ears 10 at the outer sides of the side portions 18, and 23 isa nut engaging the bolt to prevent any possibility of it working looseor becoming dislocated.

24 indicates bevel-gears engaging the oblique gear 11 and securedrigidly on the inner ends of a pair of shafts 25 journaled in the ends17 of portions 16 and in the cross pieces 26 at the outer ends of saidportions, the said portions terminating outward of cross pieces 26 intubular forks 27 forming swivel supports for the cars 28 ofcigar-balloon form. The cars are provided longitudinally with tubes 29through which extend shafts 30 journaled at their ends in the tines ofthe forks and provided at their rear ends with propellers 31. The tubes29 are formed centrally with inverted U-shaped housings 32 for pulleys33 on shafts 30, and extending downward from said pulleys throughopenings 34 are belts 35 engaging'pulleys 36 on crank shafts 37journaled in frames 38a depending from the bodies of the cars, thecrank-shafts being provided with pedals 38, so that rotatable movementof the latter shall impart like movement to longitudinal shafts 30 andhence to the propellers.

39 are pulleys secured on the rear ends of shafts 30 within the rearends of the forks 27, and 40 are flexible belts connecting pulleys 39with pulleys 41 on shafts 25, the belts 40 being guided within thetubular forks by antifriction rollers 42.

The balloon-shaped cars are provided with seats 43, and the childrenseated astride the seats on said cars maintain their position bygrasping the handles 44 of arms 45 projecting rearwardly from the frontends of the forks. To lend stability to the structure and to hold thecars upright they are preferably ballasted with sand or solder 46,introduced through openings 47 normally covered by doors 48. The sandmay be removed through similar openings 49 in the bottoms of the cars,doors 50 controlling said openings. l

In practice a child upon one of the seats 43, revolves the pedalscontiguous thereto and imparts rotary movement to shaft 30, this actionof course revolving the propeller on such shaft, and through theinstrumentality of the latter and the fiexible connection 40, revolvingthe connecting shaft 25. The revolution of this shaft imparts likemovement to its bevel-gear Z4 and causes said gear to travel around uponthe stationary gear 11. As a result of this revolving movement thusimparted to the beam first one end and then the other of the same iselevated and depressed, the undulatory movement of the beam being ofcourse imparted to the vcars, it being of course understood that throughthe connection of the beam with the depending lugs of the cap 9, thehead 5 revolves upon the. tower. It will be seen that because of thepeculiar configurations of the cars and their equipment with propellers,they closely simulate air-ships.

From the above description it will be apparent that I have produced acarousel embodying the features of advantage enumerated as desirable inthe statement of the object of the invention, and I wish it to beunder'- stood that I reserve the right to make such changes as properlyfall within the spirit and sorge of the appended claims.

aving thus described the invention-what I claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is

1. A carousel, comprising an obliquelydisposed gear wheel immovablysupported, a part rotatable in a plane at an angle to the face of thegear wheel, a beam pivoted to said rotatable part and adapted to operatevertically, a shaft extending longitudinally of the beam and provided atits inner end with a gear wheel engaging the first-named gear wheel,cars or supports carried at the ends of the beam, and means carried bysaid cars or supports for imparting rotary movement to said shaft.

2. A carousel, comprising a tower, an obliquely-disposed gear-wheelsecured rigidly at the upper end of the tower, a horizontally rotatablehead, a beam bridging said gear-wheel and pivoted to said rotatable headto operate vertically, cars or supports carried at the ends of saidbeam, a shaft arranged longitudinally of and carried by the beam, agear-'wheel carried by said shaft and engaging the first-namedgear-wheel, and means for imparting rotary movement to said shaft.

3. A carousel, comprising a tower, a vertically-slotted head journaledthereon, an

obliquely-disposed gear-wheel within the head and rigidly secured at theupper end of the tower, a beam extending through the slotted head abovethe gear-wheel and pivotally supported for vertical movement from thehead, cars or supports carried by the beam, a shaft arrangedlongitudinally of and vcarried by the beam, a gear-wheel secured to theinner end of said shaft and meshing with the first-named gear-wheel, andmeans carried by the car for rotating said shaft.

4. A carousel, comprising a tower, an

obliquely-disposed gear-wheel surmounting and. rigid with the tower, avertically slotted head journaled upon the tower and receiving saidgear-wheel, a beam extending through the slotted head above thegear-wheel and pivotally supported from and within the former and havingits ends forked, cars or supports mounted in the forked ends of thebeam, a suitably j ournaled shaft carried by one of the cars orsupports, a shaft arranged longitudinally of and carried by the beam andprovided at its inner end with a gearwheel meshing with the first-namedgearwheel, and means carried by one of the cars or supports forrevolving said shaft.

5. A carousel, comprising a tower, an obliquely-disposed gear-wheelsurmounting and rigid with the tower, a vertically lslotted headjournaled upon the tower and receiving said gear-wheel, a beam extendingthrough the slotted head above the gear-wheel and ivotally supportedfrom and within the former and having its ends forked, cars or supportsmounted in the forked ends of the beam, a shaft arranged longitudinallyof and journaled in one of the cars or supports, a shaft arrangedlongitudinally of the beam and equipped at its inner end with agearwheel meshing with the first-named gearwheel, means for revolvingthe shaft carried by the car or support, and means for transmittingmotion from said shaft to the shaft ,equipped with the gear-wheel.

6. A carousel, comprising a tower, an obliquely-disposed gear-wheelsurmounting and rigid with the tower, a vertically slotted headjournaled upon the tower and receiving said gear-wheel, a beam extendingthrough the slotted head above the gear-wheel and pivotally supportedfrom and within the former and having its ends forked, cars or supportsmounted inthe forked ends of the beam, a shaftarranged longitudinally ofand journaled in one of the cars or supports, a shaft arrangedlongitudinally of the beam and equipped at its inner end with agearwheel meshing with the. first-named gearwheel, means for revolvingthe shaft carried by the car or support, and a flexiblepowertransmitting connection between the shaft carried by the car orsupport and the shaft equipped with the gear-Wheel.

7. A carousel, comprising a tower, an obliquely-disposed gear-Wheelsurmounting and rigid with the tower, a vertically slotted head ournaledupon the tower and receiving said gear-wheel, a beam extending throughthe slotted head above the gear-wheel and pivotally supported from andwithin the former and having its ends forked, oars or supports mountedin the forked ends of the beam, a shaft arranged longitudinally of andjournaled in one of the oars or supports, a shaft arrangedlongitudinally of the beam and equipped at its inner end with agearwheel meshing with the Erst-named gear- Wheel, a flexible connectionbetween the shaft carried by the car or support and the shaft equippedwith the gear-wheel, a crankshaft carried by the car or support andgeared to the other shaft carried thereby, a saddle surmounting the earor support, and a handle-bar also carried by said ear or support forwardof the saddle. In testimony whereof I aflix my signature, in thepresence of two witnesses.

AAl\I'l` H()l\VY KOLSKY. lVitnesses:

H. C. RonGERs, G. Y. THORPE.

